▲ 45 ▼ Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering (arstechnica.com) submitted 3 years ago by BrikoX@vlemmy.net to c/news@beehaw.org 36 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] shiftenter@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Around the 1 minute mark, he does mention that they keep spares onboard. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Fauxreigner@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago* (3 children) Ahh, good to know. So we can scratch that off of the list of stupid things they did, although the lack of a transponder beacon and a surface egress option are still pretty high on the list. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Panthios@vlemmy.net 4 points 3 years ago Even if they were to surface. The latch is only able to be opened from outside. So unless they are found they will still die in 40 hours. permalink fedilink source parent [–] shiftenter@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago Yeah, I'm totally with you there! permalink fedilink source parent [–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago At least they seem to have had several ways of surfacing, including at least 2 options without power and 1 deadman switch kinda situation with hooks releasing ballast after a certain amount of time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fauxreigner@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago* (3 children) Ahh, good to know. So we can scratch that off of the list of stupid things they did, although the lack of a transponder beacon and a surface egress option are still pretty high on the list. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Panthios@vlemmy.net 4 points 3 years ago Even if they were to surface. The latch is only able to be opened from outside. So unless they are found they will still die in 40 hours. permalink fedilink source parent [–] shiftenter@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago Yeah, I'm totally with you there! permalink fedilink source parent [–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago At least they seem to have had several ways of surfacing, including at least 2 options without power and 1 deadman switch kinda situation with hooks releasing ballast after a certain amount of time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Panthios@vlemmy.net 4 points 3 years ago Even if they were to surface. The latch is only able to be opened from outside. So unless they are found they will still die in 40 hours. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shiftenter@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago Yeah, I'm totally with you there! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago At least they seem to have had several ways of surfacing, including at least 2 options without power and 1 deadman switch kinda situation with hooks releasing ballast after a certain amount of time. permalink fedilink source parent